MOTOR AGE
“SHIP OF THE DESERT” SUPPLANTED United Press Association—By Electric Telegraph—Copyright BAGDAD, February 10. The “Ship of the Desert” is the latest means of transport to succumb to this mechanical age. The Arabian King, Ibn Saud, accompanied by 700 armed followers, has just arrived on the shores of the Persian Gulf to pay a friendly visit to Sheik Koweit. Such a crossing of the desert in the old days would have required 1000 camels. Now, up-to-date, Ibn Saud utilised a fleet of 200 hired motor cars.
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Timaru Herald, Volume CXLI, Issue 20340, 12 February 1936, Page 9
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87MOTOR AGE Timaru Herald, Volume CXLI, Issue 20340, 12 February 1936, Page 9
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